The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-02-10
MINNESOTA DAIRY CONVENTION.
synsf"ls Of the Proceedings Of tie Ststs D.,,v,
mons Association ct A,hers t..

The association was called o,
President Fowler; T.. G. Potter INTRODUCES.
The following:
Resolved, That We, the State n,;.
mems association here assembled res,>.c.
July demand the immediate pas.a,e -.
The bill known as the oleomargarine bir
in order to give immediate relief to the
dairy interests OF the state.
1t was unanimously adopted and the
resolution ordered sent to Senator Good.
rich and Representative Emery, nI the leg
islature. C F.. Dexter of Chicago spn.,.
strongly in favor of good butter aud tho
disbursement of the manufacture OF Ole
omargarine.
It was suggested by Mrs. NJ. II. Lamb
that many of the defects were caused by
the feed given the COW, and il farmers paid
closer attention they could largely remedy
the objections. Capt. f. X. Pickett Of
Freeborn county wondered why creamery
butter was always in letter demand than
good dairy butter, and Mr.. Dexter thought
It was because OF the uniform excellence OF
that made by the creamery and the great
disparity in dairy products
Mrs. Lamb gave an interesting resume OF
her manner Of manufacture and experience
In butter making. She thought commits
0lOn IU6u Wcic kCclC cuUCdtoIS aIANs N1SA
much to raise the standard OF excellence,
only manufacturers would not stick to the
same man. and in chang ing from one 20
another they had no stable market ana
no standing among dealers.
Prof. Fowler said: He had good cows,
kept them clean, well fed, and gave them
warm water in the winter. lie had Tor
twenty years delivered his butter to cus-
toners in st. Paul. and never had any
,,oy. IL 1.,ot
pounds per COW to thirty-six COWS OF the
Shorthorn Durham breed, the price last
year being p cents per pound, while this
year it is but 255 cents. AS to the age OF
cows, lie said he had those twelve years OF
age that made over two pounds per day,
and he believed Shorthorns d" not de
vslope until they are four or five years
old. Plainly there was a great difference
in tho breed. His experience was that
three year-old was not much better than
p two-year. old. \ good COW could be pro-
fitably MIXED until it was twelve or four
teen years old.
j. H. Mourad OF Chicago addressed the
convention on our Prime Medium and
Poor Butter"
A discussion followed in which Assistant
Dairy commissioner Howard took y part
and showed the dangers Of the use Of olco-
margarine, reading from the report of the
dairy commissioner. He was followed by
Messrs. Smith and Monrad, the latter
saying that our poor dairy butter could
not stand the competition OF forei yn butter
inc.
Mrs. NJ. II. Lamb rcada paper, "How to
Make Dairying a Success. She advocated
cooperation OF all on the farm and the
best of care TO the COW. She gave \ touch
ing picture oi the condition OF the farmers
wives, making Il strong argument for their
improvement.
Mr.. Howard read a paper on The I'M
pOrtance OF Testing Milk:' saying:
have tested the milk of several hundred
COWS to find the average per cent. OF cream,
the results ranging from to 2G per cent
The 8 per cent. cream was from COWS led cn
| brewers malt. The 26 per cent cream was
from cows fed on clover hay, oats and corn
meal.
Mrs. c. v. Holmes read a pointed paper
entitled "Wona,,'s Rights on a Farm
Mrs. Holmes referred to the life OF wom~
an on the farm. and recitcd some OF the
want OF attention afforded her by the lords
of creation. declaring that she ought to
have the right to vote.
She closed by reading Socrates Shocks
| Prof. Cyrus Northrup. OF the state Univer~
sity, was called upon, and proceeded to
make plain the necessity Of diversified
| farming, and dem nnst r:lting the supreme
| necessity OF cleanliness.
a paper vC 5. Smt, Of Minnea polls
| on THE Farm and Market Garden was
read. 1t WAS a practical paper, showing
| how anybody can have an excellent garden
ut very slight expense wherein every vese-
| table may BE- raised very easily.
Mr.. Corbett OF St. Paul read the paper
| by Mr.. McGinnis on blaze grass in Mimi
esota, and showed the benefits OF raising
! it here. Prof. Northror was next intro
duced, and gave I, brief account OF the
university of the state and the college Of
| agriculture.
! Prof. Northrop gave an explanation Of
all work done by the state experimental
farm saying that the start OF five students
this year should he increased to forty-fve
next and eiSht-tire the following year.
| He did not desire to prolons IL contro-
vcrsy as to the advi<:!,;lity OF separating
the university anil farm. lie gave Il brief
history of the foun!in, OF the st ate institu-
| ton OF learning and tn work it is intend.
ed to do, showing how any young person
| OF q common schcol education could eutet
and graduate.
| NEW OFfIrEKs
The election Of officers resulted az fol-
| lows:
President, f. G. Potter; First vice presi-
dent, Frank Clifford, Shakopee; second
vice president. G. T.. Marvin, Rochester;
secretary, +. II. Holmes. Owatonna; treas.
urer. Maj. Mckinstry; directors, Charles Le
Lea; II. C. Howard s. NJ Emery, Lake
City, and j. 7. Anes, Northfeld.
The following resolutions were adopted:
! Resolved That the profits OF dairyiTg
| among the farmers OF Minnesota depends
upon a careful selection Of cows. good feed
| ing, warm stah!ing in winter and I'm intel
lisent handling Of the milk and butter.
Recognizing the necessity for q thorough,
| dissemination OF correct information on
this subject we respectfully ask the press
OF the state and :,ll others interested il,
the prosperity OF the commonwealth to
| aid us in spreading such know ledge broad.
! cast among the people.
! Resolved That it is the unanimous wish
OF this convention that theb i'll low before
our legislature, providing for the holding al
farmers institutes, should be passed. and
that we call upon our representa- tives there
| to give it their aid. as we believe it the best
method vet devised OF spreading prope,
agricultural knowledge among the people
| Resolved, That the thanks OF this con gen
| ton are due to President Northrop for his
courteous response to it's request to en-
plain the administration of the agricul-
tur;:l department OF our university. That
| confidence in the policy OF concentrat ting
| our educational work is increased. That
| crate with the faculty in the effort to
make the advantage Of that department
| OF the university better understood and to
increase the attendance.
''Crcameries and their Products" was
! the subject OF paper by Maj p A. Nc
| Kinstry OF WfOhebago City.
Referring to the charge that creamerics
were s!ovenly, he said there was some rea-
son in it, but much error. II prophcsy
that Minnesota will be a creamery -sus
tanning state, for while there will be large
dairy interests, the bulk OF the work must
| be done by creamerirs, for they can GER
tainly do it much cheaper and better.
The custom of providing warm water
| for cows was generally endorsed. +. ID.
Holmes gave his experience in heating wa
ter for his cows, and was greatly pleased
with the result. Prof. Fowler said it on!y
! cost him five cents per day for heating wa.
ter for seventy-fivc head OF cattle.
Secretary Holmes delivered an address
upon ensila@c and it's benefits. giving d.
rections Tor the making Of 1. silo.
An alright room was the one thing
necessary. He put in fifteen tons day,
and after running the material through q
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